Tag Archives: Tennessee Williams

Trump on a Hot Tin Roof

By Robin Bates | Published: March 20, 2018

Trump’s lawyer as compared the FBI to the mendacity that pervades “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The play applies, all right, but to Trump and Dowd themselves.

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Why Streetcar Didn’t Impress Women

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2017

When “Streetcar Named Desire” was first staged, male reviewers thrilled to the way Stanley dominated Blanche. Reviewer Mary McCarthy was less impressed.

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New Orleans, Kind to Strangers

By Robin Bates | Published: May 26, 2011

For me as a tourist, New Orleans was a study in contrasts: the best live music I have ever heard performed in seedy bars, old world charm a block away from Bourbon Street decadence, the elegance of the Garden District mansions clashing with the boarded-up Katrina-ravaged houses of the Ninth Ward. There is a similar study of contrasts in the most famous literary work connected with the city.

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